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CVE-2026-18933: wp-downloadmanager - Unrestricted File Upload via Missing Extension/MIME Validation and Path Traversal

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-05 · updated 2026-08-26
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The wp-downloadmanager WordPress plugin, in version 1.68.11 (also affecting the 6.9.4 release line), allows an admin-privileged user (current_user_can('manage_downloads')) to upload arbitrary files via download-add.php with no extension or MIME-type validation of any kind - no wp_check_filetype_and_ext, no validate_file, and no extension blocklist exist anywhere in the upload handler.

Affected products

• wp-downloadmanager: through 1.69

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-downloadmanager/#description

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